§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many council-owned care home places have been transferred out of council ownership in(a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) England in each year since 2000. [143531]
§ Dr. LadymanThis information is not held by the Department. Information provided by the relevant councils on the numbers of council-owned care home places that have transferred out of council ownership in each year since 2000 is shown in the table.
Council 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 (number of transfers in progress) Suffolk 0 0 280 89 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 Essex 480 200 0 0 Cambridgeshire 140 300 0 0